SMILE Christmas Campaign
Our SMILE project supports over 100 single parent families in the local area - our Christmas campaign is on a mission to distribute high-quality gifts to each child and parent. Racheal Peck, SMILE Lone Parent Families Project Lead explained: “We take time to choose a specific gift that each child will treasure. Our campaign is not about young
New Homeless Initiative SafeSleep Needs Volunteers
Here at Faithworks, we long to see an end to homelessness: but it takes more than providing a bed to sleep in. One of the main reasons that people fall into homelessness, or are unable to get out of it, is a lack of a support network: people need relational and spiritual help as well as a roof over
Cheerleading is for Life, Not Just Half-Marathons!
I think cheerleaders get a hard time! I think I have been a bit snooty about people cheerleading - shouting, cajoling, ringing bells, clapping clapper-boards and generally being super-exuberant at public events. Having run 13 miles around Newcastle in the Great North Run, and then the same up and down the beach at the Bournemouth Half, it’s time to
Street Talk Tour Update – The reality and the opportunity
Our 8-day Street Talk tour in May around the churches in all 3 of our towns was a great success, but every session had a key moment when the reality really struck home. As John and Lydia (not their real names) spoke, the room fell silent – their quiet voices courageously telling of how as a homeless couple they
Royal Visit to Faithworks Arch Carpentry Workshop
“In a modern and progressive society, everyone should have a safe and secure home, be treated with dignity and given the support they need. Through Homewards, I want to make this a reality and over the next five years, give people across the UK hope that homelessness can be prevented when we collaborate.” - HRH Prince of Wales
10 Years as Faithworks CEO: Ice buckets, the Unexpected & Simple Grace
“I have never written a budget before in between a comics emporium and a New Age shop.” – Alistair Doxat-Purser, CEO In my first week of working for Faithworks as the new CEO in June 2013, we sat in a cramped and slightly mouldy couple of rooms for a team meeting, discussing the fact that the building
Volunteers’ Week: 1 – 7 June 2023
“You are the lifeblood of all that we do” – Alistair Doxat-Purser, CEO 285 volunteers enable us to run 5 Food Banks, our CMA debt advice and budget service, SMILE lone parent families project and support for those moving on from homelessness, addiction and prison via our Arch programme. Many of you who give your time have
Street Talk Tour May 2023 – Helping the Homeless
Online daily prayer - join here Helping the Homeless: from 2015 -2020 the Sleepsafe project helped around 200 people off the streets and into accommodation. This incredible collaboration involved many churches and volunteers working together. Since Covid BCP has not had a formal church provision of a safe beds scheme. David Chidwick, Homelessness Lead at Faithworks, said: "Sleepsafe was
Easter Reflection: I wasn’t expecting that!
Thank you to Alistair, our CEO, for our Easter reflection: Imagine that you had never heard of the Easter story: you read of crucifixion, the preferred and deadly effective deterrent of the day: Jesus tortured, made to carry a splinter-full and awkward cross, and hung on it in the heat of the day. But then you read on…
Easter Holidays Free or Low Cost Activities
As spring is fighting its way through the wintry weather, the Easter holidays are rapidly appearing on the horizon. We have therefore put together another list of free or very low cost activities which will help you to enjoy the Easter Holidays without the stress of adding too much to the budget. Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) The
